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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: jFarley on October 07, 2014, 0014 UTC

Title: America's Beacon of Freedom 6925 USB 0011 UTC 7Oct14
Post by: jFarley on October 07, 2014, 0014 UTC
Time pips with OM repeating a phrase (which I can't make out) from time to time.
Phrase is 3 words of 4, 3, and 2 syllables.  First word "America"?

S7 in high storm QRN

I can see from my audio recording that this was on before this; more details later.
I see at least four reps between 2209 and 2223z, and poss one back at 2158z.

0015 back on
0017 again
0042 seems like a power boost
0054 ...keeps on tickin'

refmo's ID sounds good to me; thanks!

Thanks for the TX!
Title: Re: UNID 6925 USB 0011 UTC 7Oct14
Post by: Skipmuck on October 07, 2014, 0017 UTC
Same thing here at 0015 UTC. Time pips with short announcement by man...hmmm
Nothing since 0017 UTC
0020 UTC Back again! Still can't make out what the announcement is....
0023 UTC Again....sounds like one of the words is "Shortwave"?
0028 UTC Or maybe the first word is "America's" ?????
0030 UTC "America's future on shortwave"?
0033 UTC OFF?
0035 UTC Back again....I thought it was America's vision on shortwave, but too much static...the other posters are likely correct with America's beacon of freedom.
Peskies on LSB at 0045 UTC
Whatever he's saying, I say it's nice to have a pirate Standard Time & Frequency station on 6925....now and then ;D
0049 UTC Still going!
Uhhh...thanks for the show tonight Timekeeper op 8)
If my Captain Morgan clock could talk, this is what it would be saying ;)

0055 UTC Back again, but so is the pesky(Hey fishsticks, don't mess with the US)
0101 UTC beep beep beep beep...America's Beacon of Freedom...beep beep beep beep (If the details of my report are in accordance with your station logbook, I would be very happy to receive your America's Beacon of Freedom QSL!!! beep beep beep beep)

Now that was different! Time to hit the sack...
Hmmm...0112 UTC beeping again! beep beep beep beep
Nothing since 0115 UTC
Hey ABOF op....how about a request for some WWVH next time?
Title: Re: UNID 6925 USB 0011 UTC 7Oct14
Post by: textim on October 07, 2014, 0027 UTC
Sounds like the first word of the announcement is "America".  The pips come through quite well.
Title: Re: America's Beacon of Freedom 6925 USB 0011 UTC 7Oct14
Post by: refmo on October 07, 2014, 0032 UTC
S8 to S9 here, but terrible noise crashes.
Repeating "America's beacon of Freedom"

They added more bass to the audio since about 0040z, sounding better.
Title: Re: UNID 6925 USB 0011 UTC 7Oct14
Post by: thechoat on October 07, 2014, 0034 UTC
Got it here as well
+10 huge signal
gretat audio
sounds like "Americas vision of freedom" to me
edit: its beacon of freedom
thanks whoever you are!!!


or..."Americas bacon of fritos"
Title: Re: America's Beacon of Freedom 6925 USB 0011 UTC 7Oct14
Post by: blw on October 07, 2014, 0050 UTC
"America's vision of freedom" coming in very clearly. Seem to be off air at 0050 utc.
Title: Re: America's Beacon of Freedom 6925 USB 0011 UTC 7Oct14
Post by: Evil Elvis on October 07, 2014, 0058 UTC
Time Pips and "Americas Beacon of Freedom"  repeated from 0054 tune-in until 0057. Excellent S8 signal.

Back at 0101 with time pips and "Americas Beacon of Freedom" ID every 10 seconds, then off again at 0109z..

Back at 0112-0115z.
Title: Re: America's Beacon of Freedom 6925 USB 0011 UTC 7Oct14
Post by: Markokpik on October 07, 2014, 0105 UTC
America's Beacon of Freedom, 6925U, 0102, 10.7.14.  Suddenly started beeping with "America's Beacon of Freedom" repeated every 20 seconds or so.

Off 0109, back 0112 - 0114.  Not heard since.

Fair.
Title: Re: America's Beacon of Freedom 6925 USB 0011 UTC 7Oct14
Post by: Labviewguru on October 07, 2014, 0116 UTC
Back at 0112 UTC "America's Beacon of Freedom every 10 seconds, time ping every second.
Professionally done - I really jumped when it started.
S9
In the background when he says "Beacon" there is the high-to low transition of a siren (or some type of annunciator)
Terminated at 0115

Really different - thanks for the transmission
Title: Re: America's Beacon of Freedom 6925 USB 0011 UTC 7Oct14
Post by: blw on October 07, 2014, 0135 UTC
Had the SDR recording set. I think he is clearly saying something different at 0040U, and it is "Americas Beacon of Freedom" for sure at 0050U. I heard it live around 0040 when I thought it was Americas Vision of Freedom then but I couldn't stay at the radio. The signal became weaker after 0050U and the voice can't really be heard from then on. I'll go through Audacity later if nobody else does it first.
Title: Re: America's Beacon of Freedom 6925 USB 0011 UTC 7Oct14
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on October 07, 2014, 1945 UTC
SDR recording catch. Generally weak, SIO 222. Thanks for the transmission, I always enjoy unique broadcasts like this :-)
Title: Re: America's Beacon of Freedom 6925 USB 0011 UTC 7Oct14
Post by: ByteBORG on October 07, 2014, 2330 UTC
Late SDR recording catch
Weak to Fair

0025 - Details concur with what was reported by others